World Literary Histories as Rewritings of World Historiography
ABSTRACTThis essay approaches the question of rewriting world civilization through a sub-set of civilizational history, namely the historiography of world literature. I will use the changing conceptions of world literature to track a change of emphasis on what matters in world civilization. My prese...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2023-07-01
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Series: | Comparative Literature: East & West |
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Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25723618.2023.2266297 |
Summary: | ABSTRACTThis essay approaches the question of rewriting world civilization through a sub-set of civilizational history, namely the historiography of world literature. I will use the changing conceptions of world literature to track a change of emphasis on what matters in world civilization. My presentation is in three parts: a discussion of the nature of history, of literature, and of world literature; a comparison of two nineteenth-century German histories of world literature; and a comparison of two twenty-first century histories of world literature. |
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ISSN: | 2572-3618 |